The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 10, 1902, Image 5
Dr. D. P. THOMSON,
Dentist.
|yever National Itank.
LIVES LOST IN FI8E
ST SARATOGA N, Y,
LIGHTNING BOLT DEALS DEATH.
J. E. WEBSTER,
A.tt oi'n«^V-iVr-
®eelo VYcupt House.(ProWati 'JtKltf soWco
Gaffney City, S. C.
Pr&uUceg In nil tbei courts. Colloo*
ttor.B e
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
Office over R. K. lonpi ft CA '• Store.
Can be found atoRloeslr dv.vH tn tb® weei'
DR, J, F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
/Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office over J. R. Tolienon’s new store
In office from 1st to 26th of each
-month:
One Person Dead and Seven
Reported Missing.
r^vCPERTY LOSS OF
£300,000
Many Costly Buildings Went Up
Smoke, Among Them the Arcade Ed
ifice and the Theater Saratoga—Fire
Chief Injured.
William S. Hall, Jr. James A. Willis.
HALL & WILLIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
O A. I- r l-'- i>i LC-V . !-*.
Notary Public in otbee. Prompt attention
d^en to ah business.
?fHce over R. A. Jones A Co.'s store.
J. C. OTTS,
Attorney and Counselor.
Office upstairs, between K. A. .Tones and
Davenport.
Office and Residence .Phone.
Saiatoga, N. Y., June ‘J.—One per
son was killed, one fatally injured, two
oiheiu severely hurt and a number are
lepoiited missing as tne result of a lire
here early today. The property de
stroyed was valued at with
estimated insurance of $l7a,uou.
The dead:
Mrs. Maine.
The injured:
During Electrical Storm at Columbus,
Ga., Tv.o Are Kilted.
Columbus, Ga., June 9.—Two per
sons wort killed and a number were
badly shocked in an eleetrical storm
which visited Columbus late yesterday
afternoon. The dead are:
John J. Willis, of Columbus.
Louis Mel.ane. of Lmnix City,
i Mr. Willis was about 55 years old
In j and was formerly watchman at the
upper footbridge. He was standing in
front of his residence, No. 1619 First
avenue, on the sidewalk, talking with
a friend, M. C. Cochran, when sudden
ly there was a loud peal of thunder
and almost simultaneously Mr. Willis
was struck by a bolt of lightning.
Mr. illis was killed instantly. The
bolt entered bis right temple and went
through his body, emerging from the
right foot and burying itself in the
ground.
Mr. Cochran, who was only a foot or
two away, was also badly shocked and
was c arried home in a very serious
MONT PELEE AGAIN
OBJECT OF TESliOR
Feared That Martini rue May
Sink Into the Sea.
PEOPLE ARE FANiC STRICKEN i
Bristow, McAllister & Peeler.
An arti"tic array of m<
quality considered ; on
()
iii'
AICMlh
n's fur;:>hings at poor prices, good
r prices are decidedly lower than any
'V
yirlljroe
Fire Chief Shadwick, badly burned condition. One of his fingers was split
G. W. SPEER,
A.TTTOK IN R Y-AT-Iv A W,
NGAFFNEY, S. C.
A Auditor’s office at Court House.
JUNE H. CARR,
ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER
Studio at 812 Limestone St,
Gaffney, S. C.
B>‘st equipp' d studio in this
•section. High grade g-
raphy in ail its branches.
Call and see “Artist Proof,”
the latest and handsomest style
of photograph ever made.
Finishing for amateur pho
tographers solicited.
Telephone 170.
J
SHINGLES, brick, sash,
DOORS, BLINDS
and all kinds of Building Ma-
- terial, Paints, Oils, Etc. for
sale at a small per cent, above
cost for cash. Estimates made
without charge.
L. BAKER
ITor-*
Building and Plastering Lime
Coal, and Plaster Hair.
1 Piaster Paris.
Kosendale Cement,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
B astlnif Powder. Fuse
and Dyuarnlte Caps, call on
Limestaae Springs Lime Works
CARROLL & CO.. Lessees.
Telephone &<•
For The Neit Thirty Days
I shall Klve special attention to the troat-
pient of that class of chronic eye diseases
the natural tendency of which is to produce
/BLINDNESS.
foy a METHOD ENTIRELY NEW I am
•enabled to treat successfully such cases as
•have heretofore been considered HOPE
LESSLY INCI'RABLE. If from any cause
YOUR EYESIGHT IS FAILING, come AT
‘‘'ONCE and have It restored.
In no case Is delay more dangerous.
S. H. GRIFFITH, M. D.
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON anil <>' ULIST.
Office at The Cherokee Urun Co,, UafTney.
B. C.
about head; fatally it is feared.
Mrs. Hart.
Servant girl, name unknown.
The missing:
Mrs. Owens.
Mrs. M. C. Hart.
Mrs. Ahern.
David Howland and wife.
Mrs. Morris. ,
Miss Morris and Miss Ida Foster.
Mrs. Mabie, wiio was burned to
death, was asleep in her apartments in
the Arcade.
The fire started in the Arcade build
ing on Broadway, and destroyed that
building, together witn the Shackel
ford and the Theater Saratoga, located
in the Citizen’s National bank build
ing. That portion of the latter build
ing occupied by the bank was damaged
only by water. The contents of the
safes and deposit vaults remain in
tact.
Fortunately there was no wind, oth
erwise the fire, which was in the heart
ot the city and not far from several of
the largest hotels, might have devel
oped into a general conflagration. By
hard work the firemen succeeded in
checking the flames and at 5:25 a. m.
the fire was pronounced to be under
control.
Chief Shadwick was injured in res
cuing Mrs. Hart from one of the burn-
eu buildings.
The missing persons were tenants
of the Areade building. The burned
buildings were occupied by offices and
stores, among them being the post-
office, the Daily Saratogian, the West
ern Union Telegraph company, Sara
toga and Boston Telegraph company.
Merchants’ Telephone company, Sav.
atoga county treasurer’s office and
Theater Saratoga.
WITH AX HE BRAINS V/lFE.
Blade Imbedded In Her Head by Half-
Witted Husband.
Valley View, Ky., June 9.—John
Laffoon, a half-witted man, killed his
wile at his home yesterday afternoon.
l.affoon and Ids wife and small son
had just eaten dinner, when Laffoon
secured an ax and brained his wife.
The blade was found imbedded in the
woman s bead.
After he had committed the deed he
closed the doors of the room, locked
them and told a neighbor what he had
done. When asked why he did it Rat-
loon replied that his wife had made
him mad.
l.affoon made his escape and a posse
is now hunting him.
by the violent discharge of elec tricity.
Simultaneously in Phenix City, a
few blocks away, lightning killed Louis
McLane, a young man about 20 years
old, who had been married only a few
months. He was in the back yard of
his residence, resting his hand on a
clothes wire, when lightning struck the
wire. % He was killed instantly, hut was
not mangled in any way.
The charge was such a powerful one
that his heels were literally driven in
to the ground, creating two small holes
in the firm earth.
Unusual Agitation of the Waters Sur
rounding Island—Hundreds Again
Seeking Fasjaye to Other Ports.
Have Appealed to Authorities.
Fort c'.e France, June 9.—Incite-
mem is renewed by the eruptions at j
Mont Peiee and the unusual u fa itation [
of the waters surrounding the .sianj. |
Fear is expressed that .'.iariiniiiue may
disa; pear like tin island of Krakatua.
in ii>33. and that the outbreak on sea
and iand it but the prelude to the
sinking of the island beneath the wa
ters.
Hundreds are again seeking for pas
sage to other ports and asking the
authorities to provide them with
homes elsewhere.
There is a line of gendarmes about
the city to prevent people from as
cending Mont Peiee on account of thn
danger.
received a
distinctive
We have uist
strictly new and
lar for them, ou
Ne*i\ Itne oi men
eye^ to values, for no
seen for the money.
A new lot of Ties iusi
>rice fifty cents
Negligee Shirt'
)Ueh >ho\vin
ot of Negligee
is, most people
at #1.00. will
i ol shins has
Shirt:
it’* K.
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received. They are 50c value
We
lettinn them ro at 25c.
Special Sales of Glofiiin^ Tills Week,
•an’t a Toni to miss our special Clothing Sale, it means
monev t-* rot
Bristow, McAllister & Peeler
Everybody -ells cheap Clothing, we sell
good cloth::
cheap.
WOMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Same Stroke Also Inflicts Fatal In
jury on Her Daughter.
Lithonia, Ga., June 9.—Saturday a
heavy rain fell here, accompanied by
lightning and thunder.
At Collinsville, a suburb, the family
of G. \V. Guinn, a prosperous farmer,
were just finishing dinner when Mrs.
Guinn stepped to the hack veranda for
a drink of water. A stroke of light
ning killed her instantly, leaving not a
mark upon her person.
A 16-year-old daughter, who was
standing near the open door, was fell
ed by the same stroke and is thought
to be dying.
Mrs. Guinn was a most estimable
woman, for years an active member
of the Baptist church at this place. She
was the mother of quite a large fam
ily, among whom are the Guinn broth
ers, two successful young merchants
of this town.
G. \V. Guinn, the husband, is a
prominent farmer of sterling character
whose hosts of friends deeply sympa
thize with him in his terrible a.'Ilic-
tiou.
REPORTS HEARD FOR MILES.
Mont Peiee Strikes Terror to Inhab
itants of Neighboring Islands.
Kingstown, St. Vincent. Saturday,
June 7.—During the eruption of Mont
Peiee, Island of Martinique, yester
day morning the detonations were
heard in the neighboring islands and
heavy clouds of smoke issued sLnulra-
neour ly from Soufriere volcano, ter
rorizing the inhabitants.
The island of St. Lucia was obscur
ed by dust to a distance of 3 miles
and a steamship experienced difficulty
in finding
t'r
ie ha r bor
of Castries.
At 2 oY
lor
k in the c
ifternoon
of Fri-
day pitch
darkness prevailed he
re.
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WOMAN
FOR CO
LD.
Shocking
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Term.
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arrest at
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WANTED!
Everybody to know that I am now buying
scrap iron and old castings for which I am
paying'251to 30c per 1001b. Bring all your
scraps to »me, thus getting them out of your
way and at the same time putting money in
your pocket.
Grain cradles, either “Clipper” or “Isaiah
Bloods” blades at cost.
1 qt. Mason’s fruit jars, 75c per dozen.
2 qt. Mason’s fruit jars, $1.00 per dozen.
500 dozen rubbers for fruit jars.
Complete line of general merchandise at my
store at Goforth, S. C„ as well as at Gaffney.
See me before buying as I will make it to
your interest to do so. Yours for trade,
was 6F>
G V.’ * (] O W
They
SMALL CRAFT MISSING.
Fire!
T*-n Million Dollars went tu> in smoke and
ashes In Paterson, N. .1.. In Jauu iry lust, yet
the city refused aid from others to help bear
Its loss. Why? lleeauM* the husines* men
and people were secured by Policies in Fire
Insurance Companies that eovered their
losses. Ami now the city, "Phoenix like
with new life and vigor, spring* forth from
be r ashes crowned with youth and beauty.
Have you a |Miiley on your house against
loss by fire, etc? If not take out one ere It be
too late.
The Farmers Mutual Fire Insutanee Co., of
Oberokec < ounty. stands r< .ulv to give yon
the neecssary protection against loss, it ap
peals to you as a Home Enterprise "for Your
PatroQU.e.” It appeals to you for your pat
ronage also, because it Is as safe as any and
the cheapest in the world ;-and for verification
consult the WO policy holders scattered over
Cherokee county.
T. M. Littmcjohn, President.
J. Fa Jury teal ln. Hec. ami Treas,
Squall Off Boston Harbor May Claim
Many Victims.
Boston, June 9.—The harbor mas
ter’s office and the police stations
along the water from were besieged
today by anxious men and women,
making inquiries of friends who went
on small craft yesterday and had not
returned when a heavy squall swept
over the harbor between 7 and &
o’clock last evening.
More than 20 persons are missing
this morning. The squall came very
quickly and was unusually strong. anJ
it is feared that small boats, heavily
loaded, would not have survived.
Steamer Makes New Record.
Plymouth. England. June 9.—The
North German steamer liner Krr-n
Prinz Klihelm, Captain Richter, which
sailed from New York June ?. for Cher
bourg and Bremen, via this port, ar
rived here this morning after a pas
sage of five days. 11 hours and 32
minutes to Eddystone light, at an av
erage speed of 23.53 knots per hour,
which is the best eastward record for
speed thus tar made across the At
lantic.
FARMS OF GEORGIA.
Number 224,691; Their Valua
tion Is $183,370,120.
Washington, June 9.—The 224,691
farms enumerated in Georgia on June
1, 1900, according to the census re
port on agriculture in the state, were
valued at $183,370,120. Of this value
25 per cent was in buildings. The
value of farm implements and ma
chinery was $9,804,010, and live stocks
$35,200,507, making the total value of
farm property $228,374,637.
The total value of farm products of
the state for 1899 was $104,304,476, of
which 17 per cent was in animal prod
ucts aond 83 per cent in crops, includ
ing forest products cut or produced o.i
farms. ,
The total value of farm products
exceeded that for 1889 by 25 per cent.
The gross farm income for 1899 was
$92,145,676 and the gross income upon
investment 40 per cent.
nrf of age and a
ho nved 1 mile nc
of Hairiman alone, h -a: ling it it s
a considerable sum ol n oney wh
she bed accumulated during the ;
few yeais.
“ r -y was arrested for
ir.s'ance of .. coron
iso* rtaH.ed that ne
ar the home of tfie
;■ !> • ore tb‘ tragedy
818 Limestone Street.
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crime
ju
be en s
cf a.-i d
Tli old woman was found in ?. dying
condition by neighbors shortly aft-r
she had bevn assaulted with a blunt
instrument, supposed to have been &
bar of iron. Her skull was fractured
in seven places. No other motive than
robbery can le con'f.ived for the al
leged deed of the boy.
TWO HIGHWAYMEN KILLED.
New Iron Bridge at High Shoals.
Madison, Ga.. June 9.—A commit
tee of the county commissioners of
Morgan and Walton counties and the
ordinary of Oconee county met at
High Shoals recently and perfected
plans to erect an iron bridge over the
Appalachee river at that point in pla^e
of the wooden structure that stands
there now. The three counties inter
sect at High Shoals. An advertise
ment has been published for bids, and
the new bridge will be built without
delay.
Attacked Hunter With Clubs, fcut He
Was Too Quick for Them.
Des Moines, ia.. Jun>- 9.—It js re
ported today from Taiinadge, 4b mihs
southwest of this place that two un
identified men. alleged to be highway
men. were shot and instantly killed
by Claude Bristow, of Cawker City.
Kan. Bristow was hunting. He al
leges the men sprang upon him from
behind a clump of bushes, attacking
him with clubs.
He drew a revolver, shooting one
man through the head and the other
through the lungs. He says both were
armed. He e'xhibits a wound on the
back of his head, said to have been
caused by the highwaymen.
WATER FAMINE IN HONG KONG.
Here is a Bargain.
Two excellent corner building lots within five
minutes walk of Carpet Mill. These lots will
be sold on the
Easy Payment Plan
of only $3 per month. Here is an opportunity
cf a lifetime for working people. Apply to
KI>. H. 1>cO^VIV1F>.
Commercial Printing
Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch
at The Ledger office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New
Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe
tent Workmen. Send us your orders.
Roosivelt’s Gift Delights Pope.
T ondon. June 9.—X dispatch to Ths
Pall Mail Gazette from Rome says tin*
popi* was highly delighted with Pres
ident Roosevelt’s gift of a complete
set of the latter’s works and confirms
the report that the pontiff issued o r
ders that Mosaics of St. Peters ar. 1
the Vatican be transmitted to the
president with his thanks.
Lee Trial Is Delayed.
Atlanta. June 9.—The trial of the
case of the state versus Millard Lee,
charged with the murder of Miss Lilia
May Suttles in the little church at
Ben Hill two weeks ago, was post
poned by Judge John S. Candler this
morning until Wednesday morning
next. The trial was postponed on the
plf-a of Attorney Reuben Arnold that
the counsel for the accused had not
had sufficient time to prepare their
defense of insanity.
Wells of the City Have Run Dry—Fam
ilies Perishing.
Bar Francisco, June 9.—The Pacific
Mail steamship City of Peking arrived
last night from the Orient, bringing
news of a water famine in Hong Kong.
The wells of the city have run dry and
in order to supply the city with water
tugs were kept running between tnis
city and the mainland.
The officers of the Peking slatt that
the drouth affected the Chinese most
ly at the*tUne the vessel left. Before
every public watering place the na
tives stood waiting a chance to fill
their buckets. In one place in the
busiest part of Hong Kong there were
more than a thousand coolies in line
waiting to get v.at-
ing families.
for their perish
Steam Rises From ML Ranier.
Tacoma, Wash., June 9.—Two col
umns of steam are rising from the
apex of Mount Ranier. The meltinq
of the snow by the heat of the sun,
the lifting of the snow from the sum
mit by the wind and several other
possible explanations of the phenome.
now are offered, but none of them
syem to be satisfactory.
Death of Dr. J. J. Brantley.
Macon, June 9.—The Rev. John J.
Brantley, D. D. LL. D., died yesterday
afternoon at his residence in Vineville.
This will lie sad intelligence to thou
sands of Georgians, and especially to
hundreds of alutnni of Mercer univer
sity, who graduated under him. Dr.
Brantley was for many years a mem
ber of the faculty of Mercer, being
professor of belles letters.
Woman Killed in Runaway.
Jackson. Miss.. J me- 9.—Frightened
by a train, the hoi>e driven by Hon. I.
N. Stamps dasht d liii- buggy against
a telephone post, killing Mrs. Stamps
almost instantly and bruising the hus
band painfully. Tkeir little son was
unhurt. Mrs. Stamp*- was formerly
Miss Mayes, of Hazelhurst, and was
highly connect* d.
Earthquakes In San Salvador.
New York. June 9.—Word comes
from The Herald’s correspondent in
San Salvador, says a dispatch to tint
paper from Panama, that Might earth
quake shocks were felt ther* on Fri
day. The shocks lasted only a short
Muie.
Heavy Emigration to America.
Copenhagen, June 9.—Emigration
from this port to the United States la
assuming increasing proportions. Tha
emigrants are moiAly young Swedes,
who are leaving for America partly on
account of the more stringeut military
service regulations.
SOUTHERN
RAILWAY
THE GREAT HIGHWAY
OF TRADE AMD TRAVEL.
Uniting tKe Principal Commercial
Centers and Health and Pleasure
Resorts of the South with the * 4*
NORTH, EAST and WEST.
Vostlbul* Train*. Through Sl*«ring«C*rs
b*tw«*n. New YorK and N*w Orl*an*, via Atlanta*
Cincinnati andl Florida Point* via Atlanta and via
AaKavilla.
Naw York and Florida, altbar via Lynchburg, Danrilla
and Fatrannab* or tria Richmond* Danvillo and
Sarannah.
Supartor Dining-Car Sorvico on all Through Train*.
Kxcollont .Sorvico and Low Ratoa to Charloaton ac
count South Carolina Intor-Stato and Woat Indian
Expoaition. f
Win tor Touriat Tickota te all Roaorta now on aalo at
roduoad ratoa.
For detailed Information, llteraturo, tlmo tablet, ratot, mto.,
apply to noarott tickot.agont, or addrott
W. H. TAYLOE,
Jimtt. C«/i. Patt. Agont,
Atlanta, Om.
J. C. BEAM.
District Patt. Jtgont,
Atlanta, 9a.
S. H. HARDWICK.
Conoral Pattongor Agent,
Washington, D. C,
R. VT. HUNT,
Dio. Pattongor Agoat,
Charleston, S. O,
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